A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
Over the last year, I’ve scrolled past social media posts by members of diverse religious…
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Latest Diatribe on Francis and Latin Mass in the Times Launders the History — and Troubling Elements — of the ‘Tradition’
Church councils are never simple things, neither when they’re happening nor in their aftermath. Although…
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Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish? Does it Matter?
For all the ink spilled on Alexander Hamilton by historians, and for all the buzz…
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We’ve Finally Begun to Confront White Christian Nationalism; But What About Its Source Text?
As the Select Committee on the January 6th Insurrection is now investigating the terrorist attack…
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Another Manufactured Outrage: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did Nothing Wrong in Listing Hamas, Israel, and U.S. Together
Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar asked Secretary of State Tony Blinken a straightforward question. It…
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Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
Last month, a global consortium of leading scholars released the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA),…
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Can White Jews Still Be White if They’re Reviled By White Supremacists?
Under Trump’s presidency there has been a rise in high profile anti-Jewish incidents. Perhaps because…
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The University of Vermont Might Be Done With Religion, But Religion Isn’t Done With Us
In case you missed it: Religion has had quite a year. The Muslim Ban celebrated…
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How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?
Is American Hasidism in crisis? After successfully rebuilding its institutions after the war, Hasidism in…
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COVID-Denying Father Sergei is Just the Latest Example of the Russian Orthodox Church’s ‘Holy Man’ Problem
It’s a weird story, even in 2020—and that’s saying something. Father Sergey, a COVID-denying conspiracy-spewing…
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